Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail)
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I thank our guests for attending and Ms Flynn for her comprehensive opening statement, which was excellent. Deputy Tully and other members asked many of the questions I had prepared. The DSS will have a great deal of co-operation with other stakeholders and many changes are coming down the road. Based on our guests' engagement with those stakeholders, how prepared are they? Might there be a backlog, with potholes that could be identified along the way? How are the stakeholders being resourced to deal with them and how can that be improved?

This will be a very significant, though welcome, change of mindset in regard to how we look after people who might need the Act. Does the DSS have a role to educate the general public on what the DSS will provide and to make us all aware of how we can ensure our loved ones are advocated for in the best way?